Problems with the house

jessydazzi started this discussion · 1/10/2012

Hey Ladys, i am from germany and i need your experiences. I live in an old house now (1871) and its with sand, brickearth ( you know?) and there are beams and under the beams are plasterboards. I remember me on a picture from sashasispoling or so, shes here with veena, i saw the picture whit a broken ceiling and of course i am scared. A house like this: http://imageseu.fewo-direkt.de/vd2/files/VV/400x300/j0/2053841/764700_1303935038111.jpg I have ordered a Xpert Pole titanium and the floor and the ceiling is not even straight and i saw on the Xpole homepage that the Xpert Pole can handle irregularities. And than the plasterboards. What you think, can i remove a little bit of this plasterboard so that i can see the beam ceiling? And how i can make it even straight? I hope so much of your knowledge, sorry for bad english... Best Regards and Huggys

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Brumby · 1/10/2012
When you say plasterboard, is it "dropped" or a false ceiling? Is the plaster in direct contact with the beam? If it is dropped, you will have to remove the false ceiling to make contact with the support beams. It not, you may put your pole in direct contact with the plaster and the force will transfer to the support beam. Do you know the angle of irregularity in the ceiling? My x-pole adjusts at the base to accomodate small angles. I would not worry about the beams themselves or the structural integrity of your home. Wooden supports are generally good mounting points for poles. Although I have heard some reports of damage to the wood in the form of warping, when it is overloaded or the pole is overtightened. You can put up a permanent pole, however, which doesn't require compressive loading on the structure.